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“Recovery That Strays: Drift, Orphans & Overconfidence”
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Emergency Configurations Persist Beyond the Crisis
During incidents, engineers bypass normal controls to restore services quickly. These temporary fixes — like open ports or hardcoded credentials — are rarely rolled back. They quietly become permanent vulnerabilities.
Orphaned Accounts and Credentials Go Unmonitored
Accounts created during incident response (e.g., “admin-temp”) often stay active. These credentials are forgotten once the crisis ends. Attackers love finding untracked access points that nobody audits.
Restored Systems Often Miss Post-Incident Hardening
Backups restore functionality but not modern security configurations. Systems revert to old settings with known vulnerabilities. Without re-hardening, companies reintroduce past exposures.
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False Confidence Builds After a “Successful” Recovery
Teams celebrate uptime restoration but skip retrospective fixes. The organization believes the issue is resolved while threats remain embedded. Recovery is treated as closure — not as a pivot to prevention.
Monitoring and Alerting Are Disabled and Not Re-Enabled
During the chaos, teams silence noisy alerts or shut down logs. These changes are never reversed, creating blind spots. The next attack can go completely unnoticed.
Backup Integrity Is Rarely Verified Under Pressure
In emergencies, teams restore what’s available — not what’s safe. No one checks hash values, logs, or corruption. Attackers sometimes hide malware inside backups, waiting to be reintroduced.
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